Mop and wringer



P. EBELING.

MOP AND WRINGER. APFLICATION FILED 0cT.14. 1920.

1,402,3 I Patented Jan.'3,1922

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P. EBELING.

MOP AND WRINGEFL' APPLICATION FILED OCT. 14. 1920.

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PAUL EBELING, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MOP AND WRINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan.3,1922.

Application filed October 14, 1920. serial No. 416,882.

'1 '0 a? Z to 710m it may concern:

. Be it known that I, PAUn EBELING, a citizen of Germany, residing at Boston,in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops and \Vringers, of which the following is a specification.

The main object of this invention is the provision of a mop which when being rolled up upon its drum, will at the same time wring the mop dry, thereby eliminating the additional labor of first wringingthe mop by hand before winding it upon the drum.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the description below, in which characters of reference refer to like-named parts in the drawings.

Referring briefly to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the preferred form of my device.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 isa front elevational view of another form of my device.

Fig. 5 is a central vertical cross-sectional elevational view of the device shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a front elevational view of another modified form of the device.

Fig. 7 is a central vertical cross-sectional elevational View of the device shown in Fig. 6.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents the back frame or support having means therein for the reception of the usual handle staff 2. Side elements 3 and 4 extend from the frame 1, the former having a slot 10 therein and the latter having a bearing for the reception of the shaft 5 of a drum 9, the other end of the shaft resting in the base of the slot 10. The shaft 5 projects slightly beyond the element 4 and is provided with a head 8, the portion of shaft between the bead and element 4 being squared and having a plate lever handle 6 attached thereto by means of its bent-over forks 7 the opposite, free end of the handle lever containing an opening in which a finger may be inserted when it is desired to rotate the shaft, withdrawing the lever from the side of the element 4, against which it is normally held by the slidable clamp band 6.

Sleeves 11 are secured to the frame 1 by means'of screws and nuts 12, and in the sleeves are mounted slidable members 13 which are the legs of a generally U-shaped member having a shaft 14 between the legs, supporting a small drum 15. The legs 13 and shaft 14 are, as above-mentioned, of a single piece of material, and preferably of steel wire, so that the same possesses resiliency.

In use, the legs 13 are moved in the sleeves 11 a sufficient distance to bring the drum 15 in proximity to the drum'9. Then, as the 'mop or cloth 40 is wound about the drum 9,

the drum 15 will contact with the cloth or mop and will exert a resilient pressure sufficient to force the water from the mop or cloth as the latter is being wound upon its drum. The rovision of the sleeves 11 and the legs 13 slidable therein makes it possible to adjust this arrangement to suit any thickness or length of mop or cloth.

In Fig's. 4 and 5 I have illustrated another form of my device comprising a two-part back frame 16 having side elements 17 supporting a shaft 18 having a drum 28 thereon. A handle 19 is attached to the shaft 18. The mop handle 2 is secured between angular brackets 30 which are attached to the two parts of the back frame 16 by means of screws and nuts 31. A screw and nut 32 secures the handle between' the brackets. Upon the handle, between the brackets, is attached a member 20 having side cars 21 supporting a shaft 22, that portion 22 of the latter between said'ears being flattened and widened so as to prevent its dislodgement. The shaft 22 is bent forming side extension 25 bent to constitute a parallel shaft 26 upon which is mounted a drum 27. A spring 23 surrounds a portion of the shaft 22, having one end secured at 24 in the member 20, and the other end being secured at 25 in a sleeve 25 on the side extension 25. This spring urges the drum 27 against the drum 28 so that themop or cloth 40 will be wrung dry while it is being wound upon the drum 28.

The third form of my device comprises a member 33 adapted to receive the mop handle, a back frame 34 being attached thereto and having side elements 35 in which is pivoted a shaft 36 having. a drum 37 mounted thereon. Between said drum and the back frame 1 is rotatably mounted a second drum 39 upon a shaft 38 supported in the side elements 35. In this case the second drum is not resiliently mounted, so that/it will begin to act to wring the water-from the mop or cloth 40 only after the latter has been wound to a depth of several layers upon the drum 37. a

I claim:

A wringer comprising a main frame, having a staff handle, side elements extending in parallel from said frame, a shaft rotatable in said side elements, said shaft having a squared portion terminating in an enlarged head, a lever engaged with the squared portion of said shaft, said lever containing an opening near its outer end, a looped clamp for securing said lever to the adjacent side PAUL EBELI'NG. 

